Horn-crane.



.A. H. JONES & A; P.,GLASTRE.

HORN CRANE.- APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1907.

920,957, Patented May 11, 1909.

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A'LLAN H. JONES, OF ORAN GEyAN'D ALFRED P. GLASTRE, OF IRVINGTON, NEWJERSEY, ASSIGNORS TOTHE TEA TRAY COMPANY ,OFNEWARK, N. J A CORPORATIONOF NEW JERSEY.

' i I HORN-calm- Patented May 11, 1909.

Application filed March 27, 1907. Serial No. 364,892.

7 To all whom it mag/concern? Be it known that we, ALLAN H. J ONES andALFRED P. GLAsTRE, residing at Orange and Irvington, respectively, inthe county of Essex and State of New Jersey, both citizens of the UnitedStates, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHorn-Cranes, of which the following is a specification.

The objectsof this invention are to secure a horn craneof simple andcheap construction, which can be quickly and readily applied to atalking machine,- to secure a con structionwhich shall provideafirmunyielding supportfor the amplifying horn to avoid defacement andmutilation of the talking machine cabinet in applying the crane, and toobtain other advantages and results as may be brought out inthe'following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures,Figure 1 shows in side elevation a crane of our improved constructionapplied to a talking machine cabinet, and Fig. 2is a similar view of amodified form of the invention Fig. 3 is aplan of the base piece shownin Fig. 1 Fig. 4 is a detail side view of a certain lever and a portionof its extension piece, as shown in Fig. 1, the lever being partlybroken away to show the connection of said parts more clearly, and Fig.5shows said lever in plan; Fig. 6 is a side elevation and plan of theextension piece shown in Fig; 2, and Fig. 7 shows in plan and side viewthe lever of Fig. 2 and its connection to the extension piece.

In said drawings, 1 indicates the box of a talking machine and 2 theusual top plate. Our improved crane as shown in Fig. 1 comprises a basepiece 3 having a portion 4 adapted to project beneath the talkingmachine and providing at its upper part 5 a socket for the hornsupporting arm or rod 6 which may be of any suitable or ordinaryconstruction, a set screw 7 holdingit in place in its socket. To theside of said base piece next the talking machine is fulcrumed one end ofa substantially horizontal lever 8, the other end of said lever beingconnected to an extension piece 9 adapted to extend upward and hook overthe front edge of the top of The said lever is prefthe talking machine.erably stamped out of sheet metal, asshown means 6. Particularly is thisso in detail in Figs. 4 and 5, with downwardly turned lateral edges 10,so that a pivotal pin may be passed therethrough to hinge one end to thebase piece 3 and the other end to the extension Said extensionat itsupper end curves inward over'tlie top plate, as at 11, and is preferablymounted engaging piece or shoe 12. A clamping screw 13 working in anextension 14 of the base piece is adapted to engage the lever 8 and thusbind against the top of the talking machine the'clamping member made upof said lever and the extension piece 9. Obviously the talking machineis thus gripped between the said clamping member and projection 4 of thebase piece, and, said base piece also resting upon the table or othersupporting surface, a firm and stable support is afforded for the hornsupporting because the said clamping member engages the top of thetalking machine, so that side-wise strain or twisting upon the crane ispowerfully resisted. It should also be noted that the talking machine isfirmlyengaged by the horn crane without marring or biting into itspolished cabinet.

Under some conditions, the modified construction shown in Figs. 2, 6 and7 may be employed, where 15 indicates a base piece having a projection16 to extend beneath the talking machine and providing at its upper parta socket 17 for the horn supporting arm 18. The sheet metal lever 19 isthen apertured intermediate of its ends as at 20 to inclose the upperpart of the base piece, a fulcrum pin 21 being then passed through theside flanges 22 of said lever into the base piece. The end of said levernext to the talking machine is then apertured as at 23 to receive thelower end of the extension piece 24, said lower end being upset orotherwise enlarged beneath the lever and the upper endof the extensionpiece being flattened and bent as at 25 to hook over the top edge of thefront Wall of the box 1, beneath the top plate 2. The outer end of thelever 19 is threaded to receive aclamping screw 26 which engages thebase piece 15 to operate the clamping member.

Obviously other modifications in detail construction could be employedwithout departing from the spirit and scope of our invention, so long asthe upper clamping memher consists of a pivoted lever and an extensionpiece adapted to engage the top of the front of a talking machine, saidparts being preferably so connected that their angular relations maychange.

Having thus described the invention, \vh at we claim as new is:

- 1. In a horn crane, the combination of a base-piece adapted to projectbeneath a talking machine, a lever fulcrumed on said base-piece andhaving an extension adapted to hook over the top of the front side ofthe talking machine, a clamping screw working in one of said parts andengaglng the other,

and horn supporting means extending upward from said base piece.

2. In a horn crane, the combination of a base-piece adapted to projectbeneath a talking machine, a lever fulcrumed on said base-piece, aclamping screw working in one other, an extension piece passing throughsaid aperture of the lever and having a 1 5' lower end which will notpass through said aperture and an upper end adapted to hook over the topof the front side of the talking machine, and horn supporting meansextending upward from said base piece.

4. In a horn crane, the combination of a base-piece adapted to projectbeneath a talking machine, a lever fulcrumed on said base-piece, aclamping screw threaded into one of said parts and engaging the other,an extension piece hinged to the said lever and adapted. to engage thetalking machine above said base piece, and horn supporting meansextending upward from said base piece.

5. In a horn crane, the combination of a base piece adapted to projectbeneath a talking machine, a clamping member apertured intermediate ofits ends to receive the base piece and adapted to engage the talkingmachine, a clamping screw threaded into one of said parts and engagingthe other, a fulcrum pin passing through said clamping member and basepiece, and horn supporting means extending upward from said base piece.

ALLAN II. JONES. ALFRED P. GLASTR it. In the presence of' E'rnEL B.REED, FREDERICK GERMANN, Jr.

